JoAnne Speiden, president of the Virginia Electoral Board Association, will speak to the April 12 meeting of the LOW Democratic Club, answering questions about election procedures and the role of the Electoral Board in keeping elections fair and legal.
The program will begin at 1:30 p.m. and will take place at a new location — the lower level of the LOW Clubhouse. (Please note the change.) A 30-minute social period will proceed the presentation.
The Virginia Electoral Board Association is a non-partisan association of the 133 independent electoral boards in the Commonwealth.
Speiden has previously served as secretary of the Orange County Electoral Board. She was born in Alexandria and spent her career as a physical education teacher of disabled students in Charlottesville schools. She has lived in Orange County for 16 years.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in U.S. government and education and a master’s degree in special education.
She has served in various offices in VEBA, including district director, second vice president, first vice president and now president.
She is eminently qualified to answer questions about the changes in local representation brought on by redistricting following the 2020 U.S. Census, which moved Lake of the Woods from the old 30th State House District to the newly drawn 63rd House District and from the old 17th Senate District to the newly drawn 28th Senate District.